Day: July 16, 2021
Report: Consumers conned out of K10bil
LONDON: Consumers have been conned out of more than £2.3 billion (K10.36 billion) in the space of a year after a “devastating surge” in scams as fraudsters exploited the pandemic. […]
China’s economy slows down
BEIJING: The Chinese economy’s sharp rebound from the coronavirus pandemic has now slowed, official figures show. Gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 7.9 per cent in the second quarter of […]
US bans imports from China’s Xinjiang
WASHINGTON: The United States Senate passed legislation on Wednesday (local time) to ban the import of products from China’s Xinjiang region, the latest effort in Washington to punish Beijing for […]
Health alert
By MIRIAM ZARRIGA HEALTH officials yesterday confirmed the first positive Covid-19 Delta variant case detected in the country, and warned that a substantial percentage of the population is still to […]
Most people refusing vaccination
A RECENT survey shows that around 62 per cent of the people of PNG do not think that they will catch the Covid-19, according to an official. With the threat […]
Undialu urging Hela people to get vaccine
HELA Governor Philip Undialu received the first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine yesterday and urged the people of the province to get vaccinated too. “Covid-19 is real and is here […]
Politicians told to cancel mass gatherings
By MIRIAM ZARRIGA POLITICIANS have been asked to cancel any big gatherings around the country as the first case of the Covid-19 Delta mutation was detected in Port Moresby yesterday. […]
District authority helps Rotarians to transport mosquito nets
the Tewae-Siassi development authority is helping Rotarians Against Malaria’s ongoing work to supply mosquito nets throughout Papua New Guinea by transporting 17,900 nets for Morobe. MV Sulu Express left yesterday […]
Ganaii transfers Ok Tedi case to another magistrate
MAGISTRATE Tracy Ganaii in the Waigani Committal Court yesterday transferred the cases of a senior lawyer and three other co-accused who are directors of the OK Tedi Fly River Development […]
Park gives prizes to youngsters
FOUR winners who participated in the first round of the Mystery of the Liklik Toti Fairy over the weekend at Port Moresby Nature Park’s fairies in the park event received […]